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In this newscast: The filing period to run for an elected position in Southeast Alaska's proposed Xunaa Borough closes this Friday. But, a pending appeal of a state commission's approval of the new borough could halt the special election scheduled this July, when residents will be asked whether to create Alaska's 20th borough; Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he's ordering a freeze on most state hiring, out-of-state travel and new regulations as oil prices tumble. Dunleavy outlined the freeze in an administrative order released Friday afternoon; Learning a language is hard. Learning a language without a teacher regularly checking in is even harder. But this year, Kake City Schools students got the chance to learn Lingít while creating multilingual poems that give people a glimpse of where they come from.

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In this newscast: Alaska's oldest ferry is too expensive to fix; Tlingit and Haida announced that its annual food distributions of herring eggs have been canceled because the federal funding they planned to use for it was canceled; A lawsuit over Juneau's Mendenhall River levee will now focus on how the cost of the flood protection project will be divided; A controversial mining exploration project near Haines has been in limbo since its biggest investor backed out late last year, and now the project's parent company wants to step back, too

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In this newscast: Black bears are emerging from hibernation and roaming around Juneau in search of food; The Alaska Senate passed a bill today that would substantially boost long-term funding for public schools; Juneau's firefighter union sent out a statement Thursday warning residents that emergency response times may be delayed due to major staffing concerns; The Juneau School District and its largest union are more than two months into contract negotiations; The U.S. Interior Department says it's going to fast-track permits for oil, gas and mining, cutting a process that normally takes years down to no more than 28 days; Alaska residents have less than a week to apply to get on a rental assistance program waitlist with the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation

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In this newscast: The City and Borough of Juneau clerk's office has certified a ballot petition that would put harder limits on cruise ship tourism in Juneau; A change o Alaska's corporate income tax structure is expected to add as much as $65 million per year by diverting money from other states, the Alaska Beacon reports; The trial for a former Juneau chiropractor accused of assaulting more than a dozen patients has once again been delayed; Some federal workers in Juneau were fired again this month after the Supreme Court declined to reverse the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce

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In this newscast: Cruise ship tourism will pay for a number of upgrades to infrastructure in Juneau this year. Gov. Mike Dunleavy's administration released a long-delayed study on state worker salaries last week. Federal investigators released a final report on their investigation into the crash of a commercial cargo plane near Fairbanks last year that killed two people. An Anchorage judge declared a mistrial Friday in the case against a young man involved in a 2019 Unalaska car crash that killed two teenage girls. The Kenai Peninsula's largest energy cooperative wants to try an save a Nikiski solar farm that stalled earlier this year.

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In this newscast: The Trump administration has frozen a million dollars in funding for Planned Parenthood in Alaska; More than 1,300 people in Juneau joined the nationwide Hands-off rally at the Alaska State Capitol on Saturday; State legislators grilled two University of Alaska Board of Regents appointees at a Senate Education Committee meeting last week as part of their confirmation process; The eighth annual Traditional Games was held in Juneau this weekend, and more than 250 athletes from 30 teams competed in sporting events rooted in Alaska Native values

In this newscast: President Trump last Tuesday issued an executive order to reshape U.S. elections. The order, among other things, mandates absentee and mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day. It also requires proof of citizenship for registering to vote in federal elections. There's some concern that the changes might disenfranchise voters in rural Alaska Native communities; U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled last week that the Biden administration was wrong to cancel oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. As it happens, she did exactly what U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan says she never does: decided against environmental groups. Sullivan's recent criticism of the judge caused a stir in the legal community.

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In this newscast: Friday marked the first-ever World Day for Glaciers, a day observed by the United Nations to sound the alarm on the accelerating pace of global melting. Scientists who study Alaska glaciers spoke about their research to uncover how these rapidly changing systems affect our world; Sydney Isaacs-Hulstine is a Craig-based Lingìt and Haida artist. Raised in Klawock, Isaacs-Hulstine is an associate producer for children's TV show “Molly of Denali.” She recently wrote an episode for another show, “Work It Out Wombats.” It features an Alaska Native character that draws on Lingìt and Haida culture; The 76th annual Juneau Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament kicked off yesterday in Juneau. Throughout this week hundreds of people from across Southeast Alaska will attend to watch 50 games.

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In this newscast: Juneau resident and author X̱'unei Lance Twitchell won an Emmy for "Not a Mascot" — an episode he wrote for TV show "Molly of Denali;" Sitka's planned internet outage lasted for less time than predicted; researchers and Sealaska shareholders are calling for change to long time limits placed on Alaska's commercial fisheries; Alaska's state development agency says it's talking with the operator of the Ketchikan Shipyard to resolve a dispute that threatens the future of the key local employer; Juneau community members gathered for a candlelight vigil for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People on Thursday.

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In this newscast: The ACLU of Alaska is suing the Alaska Department of Corrections for its role in the 2023 death of Lewis Jordan Junior on behalf of Jordan's family; The University of Alaska Southeast is taking next steps to remove mentions of DEI from its website; Alaska's National Weather Service offices have not been spared from the Trump administration's efforts to slash the federal workforce; Members of Juneau's LGBTQ+ community, and the people who support them, gathered in droves on Sunday to protest the Trump administration's policies and language surrounding queer and trans people

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In this newscast: Temporary cell service and internet connection has most Juneau residents back online after a damaged subsea cable caused a region-wide outage late last week; Former Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola and her former chief of staff are now working for Holland and Hart, a law and lobbying firm; Protestors took to the streets of Gustavus on Saturday, joining hundreds of demonstrations around the country in response to staffing cuts at national parks; A hydroelectric project in the remote Southeast Alaska community of Angoon is on pause following the federal grant freeze announced in late January by the Trump administration; Leaders in the Alaska House and Senate say they're deeply concerned about the impacts of federal staff cuts and a forthcoming congressional immigration and tax cuts bill; With changes to requirements by the Trump administration, it's an uncertain time for immigrants, but the new Philippine Honorary Consul for Alaska hopes she can be of service

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In this newscast: Anchorage parents could be legally liable if their child brings a gun or other deadly weapon to school under a proposed Assembly ordinance; Lawmakers heard last week that they're facing even larger deficits than they previously thought, complicating a key priority for majority-caucus lawmakers in the House and Senate: boosting funding for public schools; An investment by the Alaska Permanent Fund in the seafood processing company Peter Pan resulted in the lost of more than $29 million when the company collapsed

In this newscast: The 2025 Native Youth  Olympics Junior Celebration took place over the weekend in Juneau. Elementary school students from across the borough competed in events like the seal hop, two-foot high kick, Inuit stick pull and more; The Alaska Senate passed a bill today that would allow teenagers to serve alcohol at restaurants. The bill would lower the minimum age to serve alcohol from 21 to 18; The second annual Juneau Jazz Festival packed nearly thirty performances, workshops and events related to jazz in four days. 

In this newscast: A teenager was fatally shot at a roundabout in Juneau's Mendenhall Valley early this morning; The Alaska Board of Fisheries is entering its second week of deliberations on Southeast Alaska fishing regulations in Ketchikan, and this week is about salmon and herring; The state regulatory group will take up herring proposals this week and it could adopt changes to how the Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery is managed; Alaskans testified overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that would boost per-student funding at a meeting of the House Education Committee last week, and KCAW stopped by Sitka's legislative office to speak to those there who testified; NOAA has released a new catalogue that chronicles more than 100 species of seaweed commonly found in Alaska, which will serve as an important resource as Alaska works to get in on kelp products

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In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives offered a rebuke to President Donald Trump's move to rename North America's highest peak as Mount McKinley; The Alaska Legislature is getting to work on a bill that would boost state funding for public schools by more than $460 million; One of the more than 200 executive orders President Donald Trump signed in the first days of his new term was aimed at accessing more natural resources in Alaska, and seeks to roll back protections on millions of acres in the Tongass National Forest; The City of Delta Junction's privately-owned ambulance service announced it would dissolve, possibly leaving residents to provide their own emergency transportation to Fairbanks, almost a hundred miles away 

In this newscast: A Juneau lawmaker is once again pushing to revive a pension system for state and local government workers, Several borough-owned lots in Petersburg will get utilities in the next year or so, and Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority will do the work. A new bipartisan caucus made up largely of Democrats and…

Newscast from Capital Public Radio

In this newscast: A Juneau resident died after a fire broke out in a home in the Mendenhall Valley over the weekend; The U.S. Coast Guard has taken delivery of an icebreaker; Alaskans Christina Love and Josie Heyano served on the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and helped shape the council's 2024 report; The tribe representing one of the coastal communities on the Kuskokwim Delta that were hit by a string of storms became the second-ever in Alaska to receive a federal disaster declaration

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In this newscast: The Anchorage Assembly has approved a roughly $20,000 contract to set up a warming area for unhoused residents; Sitka is looking for public input on planning its energy future; The cost of shipping goods is increasing next month, due to tariff surcharges at the Port of Alaska in Anchorage; A reading teacher in Nenana received national recognition for excellence in education earlier this month

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In this newscast: Southeast Alaska's Native-run health consortium is acquiring another privately owned healthcare facility in downtown Juneau. Southeast Medical Clinic will join SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, also called SEARHC, in April of next year; A bill that would increase thousands of Alaskans' Social Security benefits is headed for President Biden's desk after passing the Senate early Saturday. The bill, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, would repeal two provisions that cut benefits for people who spend part of their career working for employers who don't participate in Social Security — including the state of Alaska and many local governments; Southeast Alaska's commercial golden king crab and Tanner crab fisheries will open on February 17. As KFSK's Olivia Rose reports, the Tanner crab population is on a slight decline, whereas golden king crab is seeing an overall harvest level increase.

In this newscast: Two bowhead whales were harvested in the same afternoon near St. Lawrence Island, A recent state report found that the Alaska Office of Children’s Services failed to offer enough support for a foster child with aggressive behaviors, Hospitals across the country are reeling from the collapse of a staffing agency for emergency…

In this newscast: The way tourism companies in Juneau can take advantage of city-owned trails and parks is getting an update.A new city analysis recommends changes that, if approved, would allow companies to operate on some popular trails they haven't been able to before — while others would stay off limits; As Kenai Peninsula school board members mull the best way to restrict student cellphone use, three schools offered reflections on the policies they've already implemented; Republicans in the Alaska House have formed a 19-member minority caucus, and elected Anchorage Representative-elect Mia Costello as their leader. The outgoing House speaker, Wasilla Republican Cathy Tilton, will serve as minority whip.

In this newscast: A seiner reportedly capsized in heavy weather near Hoonah early Sunday morning; Some new research is challenging the established scientific thinking about why an endangered population of killer whales in Puget Sound continues to be in jeopardy; Among the roughly 100 proposals on the Alaska Board of Fisheries agenda at its upcoming meeting are four focused on further restricting or closing the state-managed pollock trawl fishery on Prince William Sound; People living in Newtok have been fighting severe coastal erosion and deteriorating permafrost for more than three decades, and on Sunday, the Newtok Village Council sent workers to shut down all critical infrastructure in the tiny Bering Sea community

In this newscast: Snowfall is expected across Southeast Alaska this week, starting tonight, and Juneau may be hit the hardest; The state and the Alaska Republican Party are gearing up for a recount of Ballot Measure 2, the initiative to repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice voting; Dozens of bikers, figure skaters, and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau's Mendenhall Lake this weekend, but venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous; A ferry attempting to moor in the remote Southeast Alaska village of Kake on Saturday as forced to return to Juneau after a cable that secures it to the dock broke; Interior Alaska is losing its last local television newscast 

In this newscast: European green crabs have been wreaking havoc up the west coast of North America. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls them one of the most invasive marine species in the world. And they've been expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska ever since they were detected near Ketchikan two years ago. A statewide task force has been formed to tackle the problem; Two Alaska State Troopers each pleaded not guilty to a felony assault charge during an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse on Thursday. The case stems from the violent arrest of the wrong person in Kenai earlier this year.  

In this newscast: The federal Department of Justice will monitor Alaska's compliance with federal voting rights laws in rural areas of the state for Tuesday's election, according to a statement from the agency; Long lines for early voting and uncontested local races in Juneau haven't stopped voters here; Alaska isn't a swing state in the Presidential election, but the U.S. House race here could help decide who controls Congress, and it's now near the top of the list of the most expensive House races in the country; The path to more affordable homes in Ketchikan cleared an early hurdle last week, as a local resident signed over an undeveloped acre of land to the area's new community land trust.

In this newscast: President Joe Biden issued an apology last week for the nation's history of federally-funded boarding schools for Native Americans. Here's how Alaskans are reacting; Education is playing a big role in campaigns for the Alaska Legislature this fall; 46,000 Alaskans have already cast their ballots for the 2024 election. 

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In this newscast: Juneau School District's chief financial officer is resigning just a few months after she officially began the role; Water levels on Juneau's Mendenhall Lake and River are returning to normal following a moderate glacial outburst flood that peaked at 10.7 feet at 11:30 p.m. Sunday night; Rosita Worl, a longstanding Indigenous leader from Juneau was honored at the White House today; A bill that passed quietly into law this summer aims to make it easier to bring experienced teachers into Alaska schools -- and keep them there; Cold exposure injuries like frostbite and hypothermia are about 8 times more common for unhoused people in Alaska than those with housing

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In this newscast: Incumbent candidates for mayor and school board widened their respective leads in Juneau's local election on Friday. One of Eaglecrest Ski Area's four chairlifts will likely be out of commission this winter season due to safety concerns. A large fire in Haines over the weekend destroyed several businesses and apartments.  A landslide in Ketchikan Sunday night trapped nearly a dozen people on a remote stretch of road north of the city. And the Juneau Police Department is looking for a man suspected of spray painting swastikas at multiple locations in the Mendenhall Valley.